For my interviews I wanted to research framing and composition of the subject being filmed so I could conduct my interview according to general conventions of interviews. I researched the rule of thirds and it was clear the best positioning of the interviewee was to be slightly to either side of the frame with less of a direct profile shot. Also generally with a mid closeup, like this example.
I tried to apply this for my first interview and felt it was important to get my interviewee in a natural comfortable position with a backdrop establishing the setting adding interest to the interview.
Similarly in my second interview I positioned my subjects to the right of the frame with a clear, relevant backdrop to the left where the frame is empty of people.
As part of my research I felt it would be important to look at a music documentary as it would help me understand the type of audience interested in a music documentary, which mine will be a form of. Consequently I found this documentary, showing the events and build up to the Stone Roses come back tour. IMBD announced that it is the 45th most popular music video according to the IMBD research, which is fairly high, however I felt that as it celebrating a British band made by British director for a predominantly British market, as mine will also be broadcast in Britain, including British people I felt this would be more appropriate. I also particularly liked the style of filming and the style of editing is very much how I imagined my documentary to be. I particularly liked the sound and editing at the beginning- with a slow-motion tracking shot of Ian Brown walking along side the crowd with no diegetic sounds but just a voice over quote from Alfred Hitchcock. I found this very effective and would like to open my documentary with something similar, possibly a short sequence followed by a montage with no sounds apart from an appropriate, inspiring voice over.
